Close your notebook first and try to answer as many of the following questions as you can without looking at what you wrote down. If you are unable to answer certain questions, mark them with an "x" or a checkmark and calculate your score.

Once you finish giving yourself the quiz, you may look in your notebook and answer the questions you were previously unsure about.

Ready? Let's begin.

If you got 100% of these questions correct, great job! You might know the basics of the Linux command line now, and you might be ready to take on more complex and advanced projects.

If you scored below 100%, make a note of all of the questions you missed and go back to the chapters where they are found and look them over. Keep practicing on the command line until you feel comfortable with all of the commands.

Now that you have a general idea of the Linux file system and how it is structured, along with how to use its basic commands and options, you may want to further your learning by attempting some basic projects.

You might want to continue learning the Bash scripting language and try your hand at writing more complex commands. You may even try creating a labor-saving program or two. Such a project will likely require commands like alias and grep, combined with techniques like piping. After getting familiar with stringing basic commands together, you can start to use conditional checks and loops to really power up your scripts.

Give yourself some more practice with piping and using grep. Mix commands together or apply the commands you know to a project to expand your learning and get an idea of how it all fits together.

You may be surprised to find out that a lot of programs in the Linux environment are created using the Python scripting language. Many distributions of Linux come with Python pre-installed, and distros of Linux that might have been made especially for aspiring programmers and hobbyists, such as Raspbian, may even have Python programming tutorials as standard desktop programs.

Improve your coding knowledge by taking the next step and learning how to write a simple program that can be run on your Linux machine.

Some suggestions for where to start may include just doing an internet search for "learn Python." You may find many free tutorials among paid options, or you can purchase or borrow an ebook, via Amazon's Kindle Unlimited service for example.

Feel confident about tackling your next project.

To use other Linux features, you might want to learn some basics of the C programming language. Doing so will enable you to enter commands into the csh shell, as mentioned before. You may also learn how to write programs and apps for the Linux OS.

Raspberry Pi is a simple mini-computer that may be small enough to fit into the palm of your hand. Don't let its size fool you; it can still be used to build amazing projects.

Have you ever wanted an "all-in-one" desktop computer (computers that come with the monitor and all of the hardware right out of the box and don't have to be connected to a tower), but thought they were prohibitively expensive? Good news! You can now create something fairly similar by setting up a Raspberry Pi mini-computer and hooking it up to an old LCD computer monitor.

For this project, you need to know how to:

This project is relatively easy to complete--merely put together a Raspberry Pi by use of the build kit that came with your Pi. If you need help, a quick internet search should provide plenty of instructional videos.

Next, write a memory card with Raspbian if your build kit didn't already come with one.  Insert the memory card that you wrote with the Raspbian operating system, then hook it up to power and boot it up.

Use a USB wand or dongle to connect the Pi to a monitor and anchor it in place. You now have a functional, "all-in-one" computer with no visible tower and wireless connectivity capability. Practice surfing the web and installing new programs on it. If you need expanded storage space, external hard drives are available and should connect with a standard USB port.

You don't have to wait until you learn a full coding language to do something productive in Linux. If you have a small computer that you aren't using and want to re-purpose, you could set up a home server for added security on your own network.

Before we get started, here are some of the commands that you might need to know:

Use a small computer for this project, either an old outdated computer or a Raspberry Pi mini-computer. You can increase the physical storage via external hard drives, and don't think you need a computer with a lot of RAM or processing power to act as your server.

Go through the installation process and follow the prompts to set everything up.

Open your command line and type:

Replace "ubuntu" with the name you want to use for your server, and enter your static IP address. If you don't know it, use the hostname command with the -i option.

That's it--you're now ready to turn this into a private server to store and remotely access home media files, such as pictures, music, videos, and more while keeping your data secure and free from the data-mining practices of cloud sharing sites. If you want, you can take a few additional steps and turn it into a web hosting server and have people pay you to host their websites.

Before you do this, you may want to learn one more command, however.

This command stands for "task select" and is intended for those who want to use Ubuntu Linux for servers. If you know exactly what you want your server to do, you can just run the tasksel command to install the software you need to create a specific server. 

To use the tasksel command, type sudo tasksel. You may need this command once you set up your server.

Now, go make that server!

The Internet of Things , or IoT, is fascinating. You can connect drones, wireless "smart" cameras, and even create small robotic appliances that send messages to a server to let you know their status. You could use IoT technology for many things, including vending machines that can sense when their inventory is low and can signal you to order more, eliminating the need for you to check them by hand. A popular use for this technology is the smart camera.

You can try making your own, small IoT project, like remotely connecting a Linux terminal to program a headless system to power a robot or remote-controlled camera. You might need to know Python and have a good idea of how to connect wirelessly to a Linux machine, as you probably don't want your new machine to have to receive commands via a terminal you have to access through a screen on the machine itself.

For this project, you might need to know how to:

For more information on this, look up some drone and small robot builds. You may need special cables and some programming knowledge to get your creations to do what you want. Unfortunately, this book won't be covering much about programming languages outside of what you may need to know for basic Bash scripting. If you believe you're ready to tackle a larger project, don't let any of this discourage you--there are plenty of free resources on the web about getting started with the exciting world of AI. You may even find communities that will help you with your builds and projects, even providing step-by-step tutorials. There are various places to post questions for community feedback too, so you should definitely try it out if this interests you.

It depends on what you want to know. After reading this book, you should now have a working knowledge of how to navigate the Linux terminal and enter simple commands. With the use of tutorials, you can create some pretty amazing builds.

If you want to get into programming, you will need to have a good grasp of a programming language like Python, and you need to get more comfortable entering commands into the Bash shell.

The exercises included in this book were very basic and not challenging at all, but the main focus was getting you used to the command line. To truly start programming in Linux, you need to then take the little bit that you've learned and expanded upon it. Look for resources and tutorials everywhere, and practice writing and executing small programs. Apply yourself like a dedicated student, and you will make amazing progress.

Remember, you've gotten all the foundations. Now, all you need to know how to do is put the building blocks together to create more impressive programs. Start out slow, then work your way up. Build small projects until you get comfortable with larger ones.

I hope you've enjoyed this book, appreciate Linux a little more, and find the Linux command line less intimidating. If this book has helped you, consider leaving a five-star rating on Amazon and Goodreads, and don't forget to share this book with a friend who wants to learn Linux too.